Meijō Line
Meijō Line | |
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Entrance to Shiyakusho (City Hall) Station | |
Overview | |
Locale | Nagoya, Japan |
Stations | 28 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Nagoya Municipal Subway |
Operator(s) | Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya |
Depot(s) | Daiko (between Nagoya Dome-mae Yada and Sunadabashi) |
Rolling stock | 2000 series |
Daily ridership | 197,082[1] (2008) (including Meikō Line) |
History | |
Opened | 15 October 1965 |
Technical | |
Track length | 26.4 km (16.4 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Electrification | Third rail 600 V DC |
Operating speed | 65 km/h (40 mph)* |
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The Meijō Line (名城線, Meijō-sen) is a subway line, part of the Nagoya Municipal Subway system in Nagoya, Japan. It is a loop line that runs from Kanayama, via Sakae, Ōzone, Nagoya Daigaku, and back to Kanayama, all within Nagoya. The Meijō Line's color on maps is wisteria purple. Its stations carry the letter M followed by a number. Officially, the line consists of Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 2 (名古屋市高速度鉄道第2号線, Nagoya-shi Kōsokudo Tetsudō Dai-ni-gō-sen), the western part, and Line 4 (第4号線, Dai-yon-gō-sen), the eastern part. All the stations accept manaca, a rechargeable contactless smart card.
This is the second loop subway line built in Japan, after Toei Ōedo Line. Ōedo Line, however, has a railway zig zag at Tochōmae, meaning Meijō Line is the first (and currently the only) true loop subway line in the nation. The line is longer than JR Ōsaka Loop Line (21.7 km), but shorter than JR Yamanote Line (34.5 km). It takes 48 minutes to complete the loop.
The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated kanji form of Nagoya Castle (名古屋城, Nagoya-jō).
Stations
Listed clockwise:
Number | Station name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
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M01 | Kanayama | 金山 | 0.0 | Chūō Main Line, Tōkaidō Main Line Meitetsu Nagoya Line Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1, ![]() |
Naka | Nagoya, Aichi |
M02 | Higashi Betsuin | 東別院 | 0.7 | |||
M03 | Kamimaezu | 上前津 | 1.6 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M04 | Yabachō | 矢場町 | 2.3 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1 | ||
M05 | Sakae | 栄 | 3.0 | Meitetsu Seto Line (Sakaemachi) Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M06 | Hisaya-ōdōri | 久屋大通 | 3.4 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M07 | Shiyakusho (City Hall) | 市役所 | 4.3 | |||
M08 | Meijō Kōen | 名城公園 | 5.4 | Kita | ||
M09 | Kurokawa | 黒川 | 6.4 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Kanayama Line 1 | ||
M10 | Shiga-hondōri | 志賀本通 | 7.4 | |||
M11 | Heian-dōri | 平安通 | 8.2 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M12 | Ōzone | 大曽根 | 8.9 | Chūō Main Line Meitetsu Seto Line Yutorito Line (Y01) | ||
M13 | Nagoya Dome-mae Yada | ナゴヤドーム前矢田 | 9.7 | Yutorito Line (Y02) | Higashi | |
M14 | Sunadabashi | 砂田橋 | 10.6 | Yutorito Line (Y03) | ||
M15 | Chayagasaka | 茶屋ヶ坂 | 11.5 | Chikusa | ||
M16 | Jiyūgaoka | 自由ヶ丘 | 12.7 | |||
M17 | Motoyama | 本山 | 14.1 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M18 | Nagoya Daigaku | 名古屋大学 | 15.1 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: Tōbu Line 1 | ||
M19 | Yagoto Nisseki | 八事日赤 | 16.2 | Shōwa | ||
M20 | Yagoto | 八事 | 17.2 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M21 | Sōgō Rihabiri Center | 総合リハビリセンター | 18.5 | Mizuho | ||
M22 | Mizuho Undōjō Higashi | 瑞穂運動場東 | 19.5 | |||
M23 | Aratama-bashi | 新瑞橋 | 20.7 | Nagoya Municipal Subway: ![]() | ||
M24 | Myōon-dōri | 妙音通 | 21.4 | |||
M25 | Horita | 堀田 | 22.2 | |||
M26 | Temma-chō | 伝馬町 | 23.4 | Atsuta | ||
M27 | Jingū-Nishi | 神宮西 | 24.4 | |||
M28 | Nishi Takakura | 西高蔵 | 25.3 | |||
M01 | Kanayama | 金山 | 26.4 | Naka |
- 1: Planned lines.
- 2: Through service to/from Meijō Line.
Rolling stock
Current
- 2000 series (since 1989)
Former
- 1000/1100/1200 series (from 1965 until 2000)
History
The first section of Line 2, between Sakae-machi (current Sakae) and Shiyakusho, opened in 1965. The line was named Meijō Line in 1969, and the extension was completed in 1971. Line 4 opened its first section between Aratama-bashi and Kanayama in 1974. The line extension was completed in 2004, making a loop line together with Line 2. At the same time, the whole loop line was renamed the Meijō Line, and the section of Line 2 between Kanayama and Nagoyakō, outside the loop, became the Meikō Line.
See also
References
- ^ 各鉄軌道会社のご案内 (Report). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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